Indian School of Mines, Howrah (Kolkata)

ISM was established in the year 1926 by the Government of India to train mining engineers and geologists. It is located in the heart of the country's prime coking coal belt at Dhanbad - 260 Km away from Kolkata on Howrah-new Delhi Grand Chord Railway route. It takes 3 hours from Howrah (Kolkata) to reach Dhanbad by Shatabdi/Rajdhani Express trains. ISM has a fully residential campus with all modern amenities covering an area of 88 hectares.

ISM has been celebrating its Platinum Jubilee by organizing various academic programmes throughout the year.

The development of ISM for the last seven decades has been taking place both vertically and horizontally. It has become a Deemed University in 1967 under UGC Act, 1956. The Institute, at present, is funded by the Ministry of Human Resources Development, Govt. of India.

Today, ISM has adopted the path of academic diversification. New branches of academic programmes have been added to its traditional departments and new departments have been established to cater to other industries in addition to the mineral industry.

Armed with the highest quality of teaching and learning, graduates and post-graduates of Indian School of Mines (ISM) are always ready to take their place as dedicated professionals in various industries in India and abroad.

Indian School of Mines

Applied Chemistry
Applied Geology
Applied Geophysics
Applied Mathematics
Applied Physics
Center for Longwall Mine Mechanisation
Centre of Mine Environment
Computer Science and Engineering
Electrical Engineering
Electronics Engineering
Fuel and Mineral Engineering
Humanities and Social Science
Management Studies
Mechanical Engineering and Mining Machinery Engineering
Mining Engineering
Petroleum Engineering
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Courses Structure